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UNITED STATE PATENT Frieze.

IGNATZWVOEPPEL, OF BUFFALO, NEIV YORK, ASSIGNOR TO SIDNEY SHEPARD 8:00., OF SAME PLACE.

TEA-KETTLE HANDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 290,956, dated December25, 1883,

Application filed July 6, 1883. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, IGNATZ Women, of the city of Buffalo, in t-hecountyof Erie and State of New York,'have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Tea-Kettle Handles, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to an improvement in that class of handles whichare constructed of tin or similar sheet metal; and it has for its objectto produce a neat, strong, and convenient handle, which can be cheaplymanufactured.

My invention consists of the improvement in the construction of thehandle, which will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out inthe claim. 1

1n the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side elevation ofatea-kettle provided with my improved handle. Fig. 2 represents alongitudinal section of the handle on an enlarged scale. Fig. 3represents a cross section on line at a", Fig. 2, on enlarged scale.Fig. 4 represents an insideelevation of the handle before its endportions are bent. Fig. 5 is a cross-section on an enlarged scale online y y, Fig. at. Figs. 6 and 7 are perspective views of thestiffening-piece secured to the under side of the handle.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several figures.

A represents the body of the handle, having its end portions, A, bentand pivoted to the cars 13 of the kettle or other vessel.

0 represents a'stiffening-piece secured to the under side of the centralportion of the body A, and forming, with the latter, a handle of theproper size to be conveniently held in the hand. The body A is composedof a strip of tin or similar sheet metal, having its edges turned in onits under side, as represented at d. The stiffening-piece O is formed ofthe same material in the form of a trough or channel open at both ends,and rests with its bent edges 6 in the bent edges d of the body A.

f represents wires placed in the bent edges (Z of the body A, to furtherstiffen the same. These wires also rest in the bent edges of thestifieningpiecc O. The latter may be constructed of plain tin, asrepresented in Figs. 1 to 6, or it may be corrugated for rendering itmore rigid and improving its appearance, as represented in Fig. 7

The parts are secured together by placing the bent edges 0 of thestiffening-piece O in the bent edges d of the body A, introducing thewires f, as represented in Fig. 5, and closing the bent edges down uponeach other and the Wires by a suitable tool. The wires may be omitted;but I prefer to employ them, as

they serve to stiffen the edges of the handle.

IVhen the stiffening-piece has been secured to the body A,

and improve its appearance.

as described, the end portions, A, of the handle are bent to the formrepresented in Figs. 1 and 2, whereby the handle is completed and madeready .for attachment to the kettle. The piece 0 renders the handle verystrong and rigid and of the proper size to be conveniently held in thehand, and as it is open at both ends it permits of the passage of airthrough it, whereby overheating is prevented. As no solder is employedin connecting the parts, they cannot become separated by heat. The upperand outer surface of the handle being flat, it presents a neatappearance, and is easily kept clean. The stiffening-piece Ois readilystamped to the desired shape, either plain or corrugated, and the partsare easily and quickly secured together, forming a cheap, strong, andconvenient handle. Y

I am aware of Letters Patent No. 106,115, to Britton, August 9, 1870,and do not claim the construction of a handle therein shown anddescribed.

I claim as my invention- A handle composed of a flat body, A, and atrough-shaped stiffening-piece, C, having open ends, and secured to theunder side of the body A by the bent edges of the body andstiffening-piece closed down upon each other, substantially as setforth.

IGNATZ \VOEPPEL.

Vitnesses:

JNo. J. BONNER, THEo. L. Porr.

